title: [Health status of the over 60 years of age population and its relationship with sociodemographic factors (ANCO Project)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the health status of a population over 60 years and to study their relationship with several socio-demographic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study, population based.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized sample of 1,103 non institutionalized people over 60 years living in the city of Cordoba (Spain).
  
  
  RESULTS
  By mean of a personal interview at home we used the OARS-MFAQ-VE questionnaire. Low self-rated health was associated with the age, to be female sex, a low cultural background, and a low income. Only 5.2% of the study people do not suffered any illness and 56% state that their health problems are major problems for doing their current activities. 4.9% declared to have some degree of physical incapacity. 3.7% of elderly population has an important cognitive deficit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of elderly people has good health. Age is related with a poor health. Women have more health problems than men.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Occidente y Distrito Sanitario, Córdoba. lperulad@meditex.es
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérula de Torres
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez de la Iglesia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Espejo Espejo
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rubio Cuadrado
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Enciso Berge
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fonseca del Pozo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aranda Lara
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Estado de salud de la población mayor de 60 años y su relación con factores sociodemográficos (proyecto ANCO).